Re:Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare ...
by ethbr1 on Sunday December 08, 2024 @04:13PM
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Public funding. Plenty of countries do this.
Instead of US-style employer + individual insurance premium payment...
... you increase taxes and fund universal insurance directly from those revenues.
In the end, it should hypothetically balance out ($1 for healthcare == $1 for healthcare), except employment would no longer be a precondition for having access to affordable insurance.
Instead of US-style employer + individual insurance premium payment...
... you increase taxes and fund universal insurance directly from those revenues.
In the end, it should hypothetically balance out ($1 for healthcare == $1 for healthcare), except employment would no longer be a precondition for having access to affordable insurance.